Aug 2, 2021
Matthew 15:14 -18 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the...
Sep 25, 2020
An excerpt from the pastoral letter of Rev. Dr. James E. McJunkin, Jr. Questions based on Luke 18: 1-9 Will we ignore the plight and the plea for justice from the most vulnerable in our society or will we help to bind the wounds? In what ways are we able to identify...
Jun 24, 2020
Some thirty-four years ago I answered the call to serve the churches of the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA). I was pleased to leave my home in Cleveland Ohio to staff the community outreach and public witness emphasis of the PBA. The ministry models that have...
Jun 8, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends: When the pain of oppression forced deep within the collective psyche can no longer be contained its spontaneous combustion drives quakes and aftershocks across society. I am reminded that when a volcano erupts no one gets to determine the...
Jun 2, 2020
Dear Colleagues: This national and global phenomenon is complex and difficult to understand. When the pain of oppression forced deep within the collective psyche can no longer be contained its spontaneous combustion drives quakes and aftershocks across society. I am...
May 29, 2020
A Public Statement of the Philadelphia Baptist Association We are the oldest continuing community of Baptist Believers in the United States of America founded in 1707. We continue our tradition of speaking out and providing service in times of national crisis....
